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A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
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A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
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A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
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A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.
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A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack.
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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
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A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.
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A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
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